Toy balloon.



R.- B. WHEELAN.

TOY BALLOON.

APPLICATION FI LED JAN-11.1916.

Patented Ap1=.25,1916.

w? w m r w r 5 a. M v e To all whom it may concern:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT B. WHEELAN, or nos ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSTGNOB, TO ALBERT BEHREND AND JOSEPH ROTHSOHILD, COMPOSING THE FIRM OF BEHREND & ROTHSCHILD, OF

NEW YORK, N. Y.

TOY BALLOON.

Be it known that 1, ROBERT B. unntxx, a citizen of the United States of America. residing at Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, State of' California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toy Balloons, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in toy balloons, the object being to provide an amusement device simulating a balloon in combination with a movable device operable byair escaping from the balloon or inflatable bag, the entire devicebeing foldable, that-is to say, the inflatable bag and the movable device carried thereby can, when not in use, be folded into a small package.

I will now proceed to describe my invem tion in detail, the essential features of which will be summarized in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawing. forming part hereof, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation. partly in section,of my improvedtoy: Fig. 2 is an en.- larged section plan view of theexhaust end of the inflatable bag, a portion of the support for the movable elementbeing also indicated; Fig. 3 isan end view illustrating the rotatable fan as folded; Fig. l is a side view illustrating the fan as partly extended for use; Fig. 5 is a side elevation of my invention embodied in another form, a portion of the inflatable bag being illustrated in section; and Fig. 6 is a sectional plan view thereof. the section being takenon a line 6-0 in Fig. 5. e

As herein illustrated, my improved toy comprises an inflatable bag or balloon 1, made of rubber or other suitable material, carrying a support 2, which in turn-carries a movable element which in this instance consists of a fan 01' pin. wheel 3.

One end of the bag 1 isprovided with a plug 4.- having an opening 5 protected by a valve 6 which opens inwardly to permit the bag to be inflated, but prevents the escape of air through said opening 5. The oppowhich a rotatable fan site, or exhaust end, offthe bag 1 is provided with a plug 7 provided with an exhaust opening 8 through which air will escape. The plug l carries a support 2 upon (in this instance) is 3 located. \Vhen the bag 1 is inflated, the fan :3 will be set in motion or will rotate, and

Specification of Letters Patent.

. App1icati n fi1ed January 17,1916. Serial No. 72,400. i I 5 made of wood.

Patented Apr. 25, 1916.

will continue to rotate until the air in the bag becomes exhausted.

It will be seen by referring to Figs. 1 and 2 that the duct is angularly disposed with respect to the axis of the balloon. The reason for arranging the exhaust opening in this manner is to force the stream of air against the fan 3 in a direction to cause the said fan to rotate. The fan 3 in this instance consists of a foldable structure made up of a plurality of foldable strips of paper indicated by Qarranged to be extended into circular formation. Each end of this foldi able structure carries arelatively stiff facing 10 (such as cardboard) contacting one with the other when the structure is extended for use. To hold the said structure extended in the form of a circular fan, I provide one of the cardboard facings 10 With eyes lland the other with pins 12 which can'be snapped into said eyes. When the bag is inflated. air will escape through the opening 8 and rotate the fan 3 which is provided with ringsf13 (Figs. 3 and/t) to hold it upon the support 2. .The object of employing the foldable fan. the toy to be packed into a small space. \Vhen not in use, the fan 3 'can'be folded, as shown in Fig. 3, without being removed from the support 2. As the bag 1 can also be folded, the whole device can be packed in a small box.

Figs.

my invention, comprising a rotary fan or ivheel 1-1 carried by a support'15 which is 3 is to permit- 5 and 6 illustrate another form of i in turn carried by theplug 7 in the bag 1.

Air from the bag is directed against the fan 14 through the exhaust opening 8. The support 15 also carries a figurelti made out of thin fiat paper, such as cardboard or other suitable material. The body 17 of the figure has I pivotally connected thereto jointed arms 18 and legs-19. The figure 16 is carried by a vertically movable tube, preferably paper 20, which is engaged by cutout strips 21 on, the body 17. -The lower end of the tube 20 carries pins to be engagedby a cam 23 on a thin plate 24 carried by the fan 14 hen the fan ll is rotated the plate 24 which can be will rotate, causing-the cam to strike the pins Q2,'-thereby raising the tube 20 and the figure -116 thereon. Vhen the cam leaves the pins, the figure and tube Wlll arts. The rotation of the fan Will cause the figure 16 to rapidly move up and down,

therebyproducing the action of a dancing figure.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pateat is:

l. A toy consisting of a table bag, having an opening in eac endthereof, a check valve in one of said openings to admit air to said bag but to prevent the escape of the air through the said opening, a support carried bv said bag adjacent the other opening and a movable element carriedby said support arranged to be set in motion by air escaping through the exhaust opening.

2. A toy consisting of an inflatable bag, having an inlet opening in one end thereof and an exhaust opening in the other end thereof. said exhaust opening being set at an angle relatively to the axis of the bag, a check valve in said inlet opening arranged to permit the admission of air to said bag. but to prevent the escape of a1r through said inlet opening. a. support carried by said bag, and a rotary element carried by said support arranged to be kept in motion by air escaping through said exhaust opening.

A toy consisting of an inflatable bag,

having an inlet opening in one, end thereof and an exhaust opening in the other end thereof, said exhaust opening being set at an angle relatively to the axis of. the bag, a check nine in said inlet opening arranged to permit the admission of air to said bag, but to prevent the escape of air through said inlet opening, a support carried by said bag, a foldable rotary fan carried by said support arranged to be set in motion by air escaping through said exhaust opening, and means to hold said fan extended when in use.

4. A toy consisting of an inflatable bag having an inlet opening in one end thereof and an exhaust openingin the other end thereof, said exhaust opening being set at an angle relatively to the axis of the bag, a check valvein said inlet opening arranged to permit the admission of air to said bag, but to prevent the escape of air through said inlet openin a support cai'ried by said bag, and a move le element carried by said support arranged to be set in motion by air escaping through said exhaust'openin 5. A toy consisting of an air-reservoir provided with an opening for the admission of air and an exhaust opening, a doneing figure carried by said air-reservoir, and means arranged to be operated by air escaping through said exhaust opening to actuate said dancing figure.

,6. A toy consisting of an air reservoir )rovided with an o )enin for the admission of air, said reservoir being also provided with an exhaust opening, a support carried by said reservoir, a rotatable fan carried by said support operable by air escaping through said exhaust opening, a figure carried by said support arranged for a reciprocating vertical movement, and means operable by said fan to impart to said figure said vertical motion.

7 A toy consisting of an air reservoir provided with an opening for the admission of air, said reservoir being also provided with an exhaust opening, a support carried by said reservoir, a rotatable fan carried by said support operable by air escaping through said exhaust opening, a figure carried by said support arranged for a reciprocating vertical movement a plate carried by said fan, a cam carried by said plate, and means carried by the figure to be engaged by said cam when said plate is rotated.

Signed at New York city, J. this M day of January, 1916.

ROBERT B. .W'HEELAN.

Witnesses:

Mannie]; BLOCK, Enu no A. JARVIS. 

